[Croy (Homer)] West of the Water Tower
£250
London, John Long, 1923.
First UK edition. 8vo. Original green cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
A rather stunning first UK of this famous account of Missouri life. Although Croy was primarily a humorist, this is a serious, realistic novel in the vein of Theodore Dreiser and Thomas Hardy.
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Minor light spotting to preliminary and terminal leaves, but overall a remarkably good copy in similarly wonderful jacket.
Jacket artwork by Frank Marston.
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